Picker-stick.



P. BELANGER.

PICKER STICK.

APPLICATION FILED APR. a, 19:6.

1,21 5,899. Patented Feb; 13, 1917.

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PERANIUS BELANGER, OE NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

PICKER-STIGK.

Applicatipn filed April 3, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERANIUs 'BELANGER, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented ne and useful Improvements in Picker-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to picker sticks for looms and more particularly to means for holding a lug strap in proper working position relative to a picker stick.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a lug strap holder embodying such a construction that its position on the picker stick may be readily changed when it is desired to regulate the throw of the stick so as to assure an even strike of the shuttle, and this without entailing undue Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing a portion of a picker stick, my novel lug strap holder and a lug strap in proper relative arrangement for operation.

2 is a r ar edge elevation of the same.

is a detail rear, elevation of the soft metal strip comprised in the holder, showing the convex wear surface of the said strip.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

The picker stick 1 is of the usual type i. 6., is formed of a wood appropriate to its purpose.

The lug strap 2 may be of any character and material though as before suggested my improvement is designed especially for use in combination with a textile lug strap such as is well known in the art.

My novel lug strap holder is made up of a body 3, and a strip 4; the former being Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 191?.

Serial No. 88,663.

made of steel or other material suitable to its purpose, and the latter being of copper or other soft metal or alloy of metals. The

body 3 comprises upper and lower alined portions adapted to be arranged back of and parallel to the stick 1, and a rearwardly extending loop 5 which joins the said upper and lower portions and also serves to receive and retain the big-ht of the lug strap. In

3 is apertured at 7. The comparatively soft strip f is characterized by an aperture 8 in its upper portion, a slot 9 in its lower portion, and a surface 10 intermediate the said aperture and slot; the said surface being at the rear side of the strip and convex in cross-section. The said strip in practice is interposed between the rear edge of the picker stick and the holder 8 with its aperture 8 in registration with the aperture 3 and its slot 9 coincident with the slot 6 of 1 the body, and both body and strip are connected to the picker stick in positive man ner through the medium of screws 10 and 11, the screw 10 taking through the slots 6 and 9, and the screw 11, taking through the apertures 7 and 8, and both screws being turned into the wooden picker stick.

It will be manifest from the foregoing that the rounded surface 10 and soft metal of the strip 4 will materially lessen the liability of the lug strap being worn in practice. It will also be manifest that when it is desired to change the position of my novel holder on the picker stick, it is simply necessary to loosen the screw 10, remove the screw 11, and then tighten the screw 10 and return the screw 11 to a position in the picker stick. This adjusting of the holder does not bring about any material weakening of the wooden picker stick inasmuch as the screw 11 only is changed in position in the stick. It will also be noticed that with my construction, it is feasible to employ a short body portion above the loop 5.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent, is:

A lug-strap holder comprising a metallic body having an intermediate rearwardlyextending loop, an upper apertured portion on said loop, and a lower longitudinallyslotted portion depending from the loop,

and a strip of soft metal adapted to be ar- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ranged in parallel relation with the upper my hand in presence of two subscribing witand lower portions of the body and between nesses. the same and a picker stick and having an PERANIUS BELANGER. upper aperture and a lower longitudinal Witnesses:

slot and also having a wear surface in front MARCEL THERIAULT, of the body loop.

Loms GELINAS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

" Washington, D. C. 

